Competitive Innovations, LLC Recognized as a Member of Amazon Web Services’ (AWS’) Public Sector Partner Program

3/14/2017

ARLINGTON, VA & Boston, MA - March 14, 2017 – Competitive Innovations, LLC (CI or Competitive Innovations), provider of secure business and information technology (IT) solutions, has been named a member of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Public Sector Partner Program, which recognizes companies with a strong overall AWS practice, and demonstrates their experience and readiness to support government, education, and/or non-profit customer missions.

CI is a U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) Certified Small Business Concern (SBC) successfully serving the AWS public sector. CI uses the AWS Cloud to provide a complete cloud services and cloud management portfolio offering customers fast, flexible access to the cloud.

Within the AWS Public Sector Partner Program, partners are listed in one or more of the following categories: Government, Primary & K-12 Education, Secondary & Higher Education, and/or Nonprofit.
CI received the designation as Government Partner due to its 15+ year track record of capabilities providing enterprise-level technology and business solutions to public and private sector organizations.

“CI’s inclusion in the AWS Public Sector Partner Program illustrates our commitment to building robust AWS competencies to give Government and nonprofit organizations fast, flexible and scalable access to a secure ITARS-compliant cloud,” said Michael J. Kennedy, CEO of Competitive Innovations. “Public Sector organizations have unique security and cyber security requirements, which requires considerable capital outlay in servers and other equipment, plus continuous security and performance monitoring. They can rely on our Public Sector experience and strong AWS practice to manage services and make operations more secure and efficient.”

With scalable cloud computing services provided by CI using the AWS Cloud, public sector organizations can take full advantage the following cloud security benefits:

AWS GovCloud (US) is an isolated AWS region designed to allow U.S. government agencies and customers to move sensitive workloads into the cloud by addressing their specific regulatory and compliance requirements. The AWS GovCloud (US) Region adheres to U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) requirements.

FedRAMP includes over 400 security controls, gives U.S. government agencies the ability to leverage the AWS Cloud for highly sensitive workloads, including Personal Identifiable Information (PII), sensitive patient records, financial data, law enforcement data, and other Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI).